AN INDIAN TULWAR with curved single-edged blade finely watered with the design of the 'Ladder of the Prophet' and inlaid on one side at the forte with three gold cartouches enclosing a religious verse, an invocation to 'Ali son of Abu Talib' and the inscription 'The Court of Mir Khan Muhammad Nasir Talpur', with a gold-inlaid amulet (beduh) above, and a further gold-inlaid inscription 'The Court of Murad Ali Khan Talpur' along the back-edge, and heavily gilt iron hilt of characteristic form decorated with rosettes and lines, in black leather-covered wooden scabbard (mouth repaired, chape missing) with pocket for a by-knife (missing) and gilt-brass suspension mounts decorated with strapwork, partly pierced, and bands cast with acorns and oak-leaves, circa 1840

Details

AN INDIAN TULWAR with curved single-edged blade finely watered with the design of the 'Ladder of the Prophet' and inlaid on one side at the forte with three gold cartouches enclosing a religious verse, an invocation to 'Ali son of Abu Talib' and the inscription 'The Court of Mir Khan Muhammad Nasir Talpur', with a gold-inlaid amulet (beduh) above, and a further gold-inlaid inscription 'The Court of Murad Ali Khan Talpur' along the back-edge, and heavily gilt iron hilt of characteristic form decorated with rosettes and lines, in black leather-covered wooden scabbard (mouth repaired, chape missing) with pocket for a by-knife (missing) and gilt-brass suspension mounts decorated with strapwork, partly pierced, and bands cast with acorns and oak-leaves, circa 1840
33½in. blade

Lot Essay

The Talpur 'Ameers' ruled in Sind from 1783 until annexation by the British in 1843. Of the three branches of the family the most important was that ruling from Hyderbad (Sind). The amirs mentioned in the blade inscriptions belonged to this branch. Mir Khan Muhammad Nasir Talpur died in 1845. His father Murad Ali Khan Talpur died in 1834

More from Arms & Armour

View All